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Trooper JOHN FORSTER

Service Number: 4697189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

149th (7th Bn. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

12. B. 28.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Forster, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; husband of Lena Forster, of Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN. LOVING WIFE LENA
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KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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